[GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 73, Issue 30

[Larry Tighe]

Thanks John....that seems to be this beast.  It also has clips over the 
ribbon spools to keep them from coming off.

That solves the mystery....Navy machine.

lar
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Nagle" <nagle at animats.com>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 73, Issue 30


>> From: "Larry Tighe" <larryradio at att.net> Subject: [GreenKeys] Strange, 
>> unique
>> Model 15
>
>> Here's a URL to the unusual Model 15 I'm working on.  Ever seen a base 
>> like
>> this?  One suggestion is that it is US Navy.  I don't have it in any 
>> books.
>> http://antiquetelephone.com/teletype.html
>
>    That looks like a Navy TT 49-UG.  It's a Model 15 modified to work on
> shipboard at up to 45 degrees off the vertical.  Hence the heavy bolts,
> big shock mounts, permanently attached keyboard and typing unit, and extra
> side frames.  There should also be mods to the carriage and its return 
> mechanism
> so it can work while tilted, and some of the nonstandard framing parts 
> should
> be aluminum.
>
> http://jptronics.org/radios/Military/JANAP161/an.ugaurr/an.ugc-type.tt-49.ug.tt-50.ug.pdf
>
> John Nagle
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